The government has announced that it is preparing to pour Bt200 million into the private fisheries sector to boost the nation’s deep-sea fishing industry, amid a chorus of praise from leading players in the fisheries sector for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s proposals to search for new markets for Thaialnd’s fishing companies.

The continued widespread and intensive public discussion of the Interim Administration proposals being pursued by the LTTE among the Tamil community both in Sri Lanka and overseas is being interpreted by political analysts as a sign of the Tiger's positive response to the Government's initiative.

Fissures in the National Democratic Alliance came into open ahead of the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha with key constituent DMK questioning the move to seek its arch rival AIADMK's support against the Congress motion and others guessing as to how it will vote.